#lorelodge

daughter dearest draws him back up to the surface, tugging him out of the evening’s slow meditations into moral certainties, death-of-god motifs, and the endless circling around the revaluation of values. she drops herself beside him on the couch, leaning in with all the confident gravity of youth. the father smiles, doesn’t lift his eyes from the page, but one hand drifts up, tender, loving, a touch reproachful, to rest on the nape of her neck.

in the spirit of honesty, he’d tuned out the last quarter hour of the heated discussion between claudia and his paramour. the room still rings with the sharp snap of francophone curses, telling louis precisely how well that exchange has unfolded thus far.

“now, you know you can’t be rilin’ up uncle les like that, chère.” voice lazy as a late-summer river. “not if you want to get your way before the sun catches up.”

a slow lift of his gaze toward the fair-haired devil across the room; a knowing amusement stirs at the corner of his mouth, half-hidden in shadow.

“sometimes you need to give a little sugar to get your way.”

the book comes to a close with the quiet resignation of a man who knows he will not return to its pages tonight. his eyes finally settle on the petite belle beside him, this fierce little creature who’s wrapped him around her finger without even trying, and whom he loves beyond the boundaries of reason.

@lorelodge [ ℒ ]

in this space right here that we have made for each other,

you can say anything & i will not abandon you.

unwrap the worst things you have done ;

send 👫 for four headcanons

1) Lestat tried to do her hair once and it was unsuccessful so Louis sat him down and showed him how to do it properly. Lestat enjoyed dressing Claudia and fussing over her, especially in the beginning when she was still willing to tolerate it and might have even enjoyed it.

2) Lestat loved Claudia like his own child basically immediately, especially because she liked him and wanted to please him. He wanted the same from her and they connected easily over that.

3) Lestat's response to Charlie's death was largely Nicki related and while unfair to Claudia, he really did think he was teaching her an important lesson. Unfortunately, it was at the cost of their relationship.

4) Lestat spoiled the shit out of Claudia once she became part of their family. He wanted her to have everything she wanted, because that hadn't been the life he'd had as a child. In the movies, he buys her dolls. In the show, it's not limited to one thing. Dresses, shoes, books, toys, whatever her heart desired.

Izzy all but  clams up  as soon as he’s uttered the question. His heart pounds. Why is he being stupid? Can’t even look at Ed. Can’t face him, in case... in case he’ll think it a joke.  In case he’ll think Izzy a joke.  Chance of what? Izzy only grunts. Ed knows... but there’s a way out for him, there  —  he can pretend he doesn’t know what Izzy means.

Ed’s counter-question surprises Izzy, though it really shouldn’t. He raises his eyes to look at Ed, before lowering his gaze towards somewhere near his own feet, ashamed.